US EditionIsrael Holds Two Detained Gaza Flotilla Activists for Questioning
Organizers said Israeli forces boarded 22 boats and detained up to 175 people as the convoy tried to break the Gaza blockade.
- Late Wednesday, Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off Greece's Peloponnese peninsula, seizing 55 vessels bound for Gaza. Organizers called the move 'piracy,' while Israel maintained its actions were lawful to prevent a blockade breach.
- Departing Barcelona on April 12, the flotilla aimed to challenge the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, marking the second such mobilization following a failed attempt last October involving about 40 boats.
- Organizers report Israel 'kidnapped' 211 of the 400 activists, while claiming up to 180 were taken into custody; Israel's Foreign Ministry dismissed participants as 'professional provocateurs' requiring established aid channels.
- Demanding immediate release of detained nationals, Italy and Spain condemned the seizures as violations of international law; Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar confirmed coordination with Greek authorities on transfers.
- Israel's UN envoy Danny Dannon called activists 'delusional attention-seeking agitators,' while The Board of Peace, organized by Donald Trump, criticized the mission as 'performative love-boat activism' ignoring Gaza's humanitarian crisis.
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Nearly 30 Spanish participants in the flotilla detained by the Israeli Army have landed on the Greek island of Crete, but Saif Abukeshek would have been illegally detained by IsraelIsrael confirms that all the activists arrested, minus two, are already in Greece The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has demanded this Friday from the Israeli Government the release of the citizen of Spanish nationality Saif Abukeshek, a member of the flo…
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has demanded this Friday from the Government of Israel the release of the citizen with Spanish nationality Saif Abukeshek, a member of the flotilla intercepted by the Israeli Army in international waters of the Mediterranean. In addition, he has trusted that "those who speak so much of homeland, will follow this demand." He has requested this at the campaign rally of the PSOE of Andalusia in Cartam…
Saif Abukeshek, the Spaniard retained by Israel after assaulting 22 ships from the flotilla with help to Gaza, had no intention of arriving in Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla. He was on an observer ship and as he did last year, when he performed logistical functions in ports of Tunisia, Sicily and Crete, he planned to take all precautions and avoid approaching Israeli waters, aware of the danger that its Palestinian origin entailed: he was b…
Sánchez Demands the Release of the Spanish From the Flotilla 'Kidnapped' by the Government of Israel
The president of the government this afternoon called for the immediate release of the Palestinian-Spanish citizen Saif Abu Keshek, who was traveling with the flotilla towards the Gaza coast and was intercepted by the Israeli army. Sanchez has considered Keshek to be the victim of a kidnapping.
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